Jordy Searcy just released a new EP that he considers “a huge step forward” from a debut album he released in 2013. And the 21-year-old Nashville resident says his experience on Season 7 of The Voice gets most of the credit. “When I got to the show, I quickly realized that I was one of…
You’ll recall that Mark Hood was something of a dual threat when we met him as the very first singer to audition for Season 9 of The Voice. The day after his elimination, Mark made it clear he’ll pursue both an acting and singing career moving forward. He said his acting career was beginning to…
She’s a country singer living not in Nashville, but in the Philly suburbs. And right now that arrangement is working out just fine, says Audra McLaughlin, a Season 6 standout on The Voice who just dropped her first single. “Tennessee Cowboy”” hit iTunes about two weeks ago, and Audra told Voice Views the feedback has…
Twice, Riley Biederer has been on the verge of elimination on The Voice. Twice, she’s been rescued. The Team Pharrell member is hardly complaining about the close calls. She says tough battle and knockout round matches have better prepared her for the live playoffs, which begin Monday. And she says she benefited from her…
Zach Seabaugh nailed down a spot in next week’s live playoffs on The Voice. But Blake Shelton certainly made sure he earned it. First, he pitted Zach, just 16 when he auditioned, against the far more experienced Tyler Dickerson in the battle round. Zach prevailed. Then, in the knockout round, Blake put Zach up against…
Korin Bukowski arrived at The Voice blind auditions with virtually no experience as a solo artist. And she barely made it onto the show, getting just one coach — Gwen Stefani — to turn a chair for her cover of “Cecilia and the Satellite.” Flash forward one month, and the college student from Miami…
Darius Scott relied on an old favorite to advance to the live playoffs on The Voice. Morgan Frazier survived as well, with the help of an old friend. Darius, a gospel singer, and Morgan, an aspiring country artist, were pitted against one another in a Team Pharrell knockout round match this week on The…
The younger contestants on The Voice talk about learning to be comfortable on stage. That’s not a problem for Team Blake’s Barrett Baber, who keeps hearing praise from the coaches about what a natural performer he is. But Barrett remembers being in the same position as his younger colleagues on the show. And the country…
Braiden Sunshine got lots of praise after his knockout round performance on The Voice. After all, the 15-year-old turned in his best vocal yet when he performed “Looking Good” during his knockout round victory over Ellie Lawrence. And he also showed up on stage with a new look — dressed in a suit with his…
Look down the list of battle round song choices, and this one is perhaps most startling. Blake Shelton asked Cole Criske, a folk singer who plays the ukulele, and Nadjah Nicole, who performs soul with a pop twist, to take on Britney Spears’ “Baby, One More Time.” “It was surprising because, not only was…
